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. 2019 Jan 3;364:k4981. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4981

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of lung cancer cases, overall and by region. Values are numbers (percentages)

Characteristics  Overall Asia Europe and Australia US
Time (years) from blood draw to diagnosis: 
 0.0-1.9 583 (11) 257 (15) 82 (7) 244 (10)
 2.0-4.9 1325 (25) 463 (26) 134 (12) 728 (31)
 5.0-9.9 1631 (31) 613 (35) 362 (31) 656 (28)
 10.0-35.6 1577 (30) 424 (24) 581 (50) 572 (24)
Histology:
 Large cell 173 (3) 16 (1) 46 (4) 111 (5)
 Small cell 484 (9) 98 (6) 146 (13) 240 (10)
 Squamous cell 831 (16) 319 (18) 226 (19) 286 (12)
 Adenocarcinoma 2030 (38) 608 (35) 398 (34) 1024 (43)
 Other 595 (11) 124 (7) 178 (15) 293 (12)
 Unknown or missing 1186 (22) 592 (34) 165 (14) 429 (18)